Ages to our construction went,
Dim architecture, hour by hour:
And violence, forgot now, lent
The present stillness all its power.


'Bearded Oaks' (1942)

Robert Penn Warren Quotes

Ages to our construction went, Dim architecture, hour by hour: And violence, forgot now, lent The present stillness all its power.

Ages to our construction went, Dim architecture, hour by hour: And violence, forgot now, lent The present stillness all its power.

Ages to our construction went, Dim architecture, hour by hour: And violence, forgot now, lent The present stillness all its power.

Ages to our construction went, Dim architecture, hour by hour: And violence, forgot now, lent The present stillness all its power.